CVE-2013-6885
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.7
Description
The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application, aka the errata 793 issue.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.14.2-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.14.2-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.14.2-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.14.2-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.14.2-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| amd | 16h_model_processor_firmware | - | |
| amd | 16h_model_00h_processor | - | |
| amd | 16h_model_0fh_processor | - | |
References
- http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/kernel/2011-December/046594.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123553.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124195.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124199.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/28/1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0285.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55840
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
- http://support.amd.com/TechDocs/51810_16h_00h-0Fh_Rev_Guide.pdf
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3128
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/02/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63983
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029415
- http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/amd-owns-up-to-cpu-bug/18924
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035823
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89335
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6885
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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